Posted on 01/03/2020 4:11:37 PM PST by Starman417
I was readying a piece about Qasem Soleimani when I got the news:
Justice has been served. Iran is outraged:President Trump ordered a game-changing U.S. military attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, among other military officials at Baghdad International Airport early Friday, the Pentagon confirmed.
Soleimani is the military mastermind whom Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had deemed equally as dangerous as Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In October, Baghdadi killed himself during a U.S. raid on a compound in northwest Syria, seven months after the so-called ISIS "caliphate" crumbled as the terrorist group lost its final swath of Syrian territory in March.
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted after the attack "The US' act of international terrorism, targeting & assassinating General Soleimani—THE most effective force fighting Daesh (ISIS), Al Nusrah, Al Qaeda et al—is extremely dangerous & a foolish escalation."I couldn't give a damn.
The UN is outraged
I couldn't give a damn. barack obama killed four Americans - including a 16 year old- and the world shrugged it off. He too is probably outraged, as he loses someone he admired.The U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial killing on Friday said the President Trump-approved drone strike against Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s top general, violated international human rights law.
In a lengthy Twitter thread, Agnès Callamard said that “outside the context of active hostilities, the use of drones or other means for targeted killing is almost never likely to be legal,” adding that the U.S. would need to prove the person targeted constituted an imminent threat to others. She also took issue with the justification for using drones in another country on the basis of self-defense.
I couldn't give a damn.
democrats are outraged that this evil monster is dead:
I couldn't care less. They're idiots.Several Democrats vying for the White House in 2020 condemned Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani before taking aim at President Trump for ordering the deadly airstrike that will escalate tensions in the region and was done so without Congress’ approval. Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed that by ordering the airstrike Trump “just tossed a stick of dynamite into a tinderbox.”
In a lengthy statement, Biden said Trump “owes the American people an explanation of the strategy and plan to keep our troops and embassy personnel, our people and our interests, both here at home and abroad, and our partners throughout the region and beyond.
There's a reason I have looking forward to this day for a long, long time. This action is on a level with the elimination of Osama Bin Laden. Soleimani was responsible for the deaths and maiming of thousands of Americans:
The Pentagon confirmed Thursday evening that Trump had ordered the attack that killed Soleimani and other military officials at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. Iran’s top “shadow commander” was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more, the State Department said.I cannot begin to express how pleased I am at this and here's why.
“Soleimani is the guy that sent the copper-tipped IEDs into Iraq,” said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, referring to powerful improvised explosive devices, which Marine Corps Commandant General Joseph Dunford testified last week were responsible for the deaths of 500 soldiers and Marines.Soleimani supplied IED's to Iraq and Afghanistan which resulted thousands of dead and wounded American soldiers.
As part of his Iran deal, obama gave Soleimani sanctions relief.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
It sounds to me like this guy was an identified terrorist threat for decades and we either decided not to get him or we missed getting him on other occasions. I don’t think there’s much controversy about taking this guy out.
PDJT Aced it!
The only thing wrong is we can’t super glue him back together and hit him again.
We're patriots here. Different story with the Squad and other Dems. They have lace hankies filled with tears over it.
HOORAY Chief. Thank you, sir.
Trump would cement his re-election win by evicting the un out of america.
No question.
Probably doesn’t need to but it would definitely jolt and excite the base for him.
No other republican ever will.
And if they don’t leave, well, we know how he responds to international terrorist regimes.
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